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Male. Below a deeper, richer crimson-red than typical 
_brevirostris, with no pink tinge. 
Female. Above a darker grey and with no green tinge: 
throat and forehead lemon-yellow, rest of lower plumage 
bright, deep yellow nearly always with a strong orange 
tinge. 
Distribution. Assam, N. Burma, and south to Kauri 
Kaehin, Shan States. 
The Eastern Nepal birds are intermediate, but ee. 
nearer this form than the typical one. Birds from Sikkim 
are practically true afinis. 
(3) Pericrocotus brevirostris neglectus. 
Pericrocotus neglectus Hume, Str. Feath. v. p. 171 (1877), 
Tenasserim. 
Maie. A very deep crimson-red below. 
Tail 83 mm., wing 83. 
Female. Dark yellow below with throat concolorous with 
breast. 
Tail 81 mm., wing 85. 
There are only two specimens of this race in the Museum, 
all those from Kauri Kachin, hitherto placed with this, being 
long-tailed birds not separable from affinis, which has a tail 
varying from 100-109 mm. 
(4) Pericrocotus brevirostris styani, subsp. nov. 
Types 3 9. No. 1914. 2-2-2", 29.5.02, B.M. Coll. 
(Styan). 
Type-locality. Sechuen, 
Male. Not distinguishable from afinis, but perhaps not so 
deep a red. 
Female. Above much darker than brevirostris, but with 
strong green tinge, below very pale lemon with almost 
white throat; very little yellowish white on forehead ; 
cheeks and ear-coverts very pale greyish. ° 
Distribution. Western China and Yunnan. 
The female is very like Pericrocotus griseigularis, but the 
male is quite different. 
